Thursday, December 27, 2012

Quick Flicks for the week of December, 24th 2012

Arbitrage
Arbitrage
By Jarecki, Nicholas
2012-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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ARBITRAGE, the feature-directing debut of writer Nicholas Jarecki, is a taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty, and high finance. When we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in American business and family life. But behind the gilded walls of his mansion, Miller is in over his head, desperately trying to complete the sale of his trading empire to a major bank before the depths of his fraud are revealed. Struggling to conceal his duplicity from loyal wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) and brilliant daughter and heir-apparent Brooke (Brit Marling), Miller's also balancing an affair with French art-dealer Julie Cote (Laetetia Casta). Just as he's about to unload his troubled empire, an unexpected bloody error forces him to juggle family, business, and crime with the aid of Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker), a face from Miller's past. One wrong turn ignites the suspicions of NYPD Detective Michael Bryer (Tim Roth), who will stop at nothing in his pursuits. Running on borrowed time, Miller is forced to confront the limits of even his own moral duplicity. Will he make it out before the bubble bursts? …More




Killer Joe
Killer Joe
By Friedkin, William
2012-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Killer Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit-man, with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris (Emile Hirsch) hires Joe to kill his mother, in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie (Juno Temple) as a retainer until he can be paid. …More




Looper
Looper
By Johnson, Rian
2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. …More




Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts
By Radnor, Josh
2012-12 - MPI Home Video
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Premium Rush
Premium Rush
By Koepp, David
Director Ramirez, Dania
2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie -- super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and suicidal nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic. But a guy who's used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when a routine delivery turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. When Wilee picks up his last envelope of the day on a premium rush run, he discovers this package is different. This time, someone is actually trying to kill him. …More




Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: Retribution
By Anderson, Paul W. S.
Director Rodriguez, Michelle W. S.
2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun. …More




The Words
The Words
By Klugman, Brian
Director Sternthal, Lee
2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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The layered romantic drama The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words. …More

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Quick Flicks for the week of December 19, 2012

The Dog Who Saved the Holidays The Dog Who Saved the Holidays
By Feifer, Michael
2012-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132592602 Check Our Catalog It's a sun-soaked holiday season for the Bannister family as they travel to Southern California to stay with Aunt Barbara (Shelley Long), who surprises them with a new puppy named Eve (voiced by Peyton List). Everyone is smitten with Eve - except for the Bannister's dog, Zeus (voiced by Joey Lawrence), who sees what a mischievous animal she is when no one else is around. After deciding to run away, Zeus sees Ted and Stewey, two thrifty thieves, trying to break into the family home while the Bannisters are at church. It's up to Zeus and his newest sister Eve to join together to save the holidays for their family! …More
The Good Doctor The Good Doctor
By Daly, Lance
Director Keough, Riley
2012-12 - Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
0876964005029 Check Our Catalog Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is an ambitious but anxious young doctor, eager to impress his superiors and colleagues: Chief Resident Waylans (Rob Morrow), self-assured fellow intern Dan (Troy Garity) and no-nonsense nurse Theresa (Taraji P. Henson). But things are not going Martin's way and he can't seem to shake off his insecurities. When 18-year-old patient Diane (Riley Keough) is admitted for a kidney infection, Martin steps in, getting the much-needed boost of self-esteem he craves. But things take a dark turn as his enthusiasm begins to become an obsession. …More

Pitch Perfect Pitch Perfect
By Moore, Jason
2012-12 - Universal Home Video
0025192134319 Check Our Catalog This music-steeped comedy draws on the world of acappella groups to tell the story of an intense competition between three ensembles. Anna Kendrick stars in this airy look at an age-old art form that's steadily gaining modern popularity. …More


Total Recall Total Recall
By Wiseman, Len
2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
0043396409606 Check Our Catalog Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police - controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world - Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate. …More

Bro' Bro'
By Parada, Nick
2012-12 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
By Bowers, David
Director Capron, Robert
2012-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
0024543800040 Check Our Catalog During his summer vacation, "Wimpy Kid" Greg Heffley, the hero of the phenomenally successful book series, hatches a plan to pretend he has a job at a ritzy country club -- which fails to keep him away from the season's dog days, including embarrassing mishaps at a public pool and a camping trip that goes horribly wrong. …More


Sleepwalk with Me Sleepwalk with Me
By Birbiglia, Mike
Director Barrish, Mike Birbiglia Seth
Director Ambrose, Lauren
2012-12 - MPI Home Video
0030306983998 Check Our Catalog Grown out of his critically acclaimed one-man show, "Sleepwalk with Me" is the hilarious story of the perils and pitfalls of being Birbiglia. …More

Doomsday Book Doomsday Book
By Kim, Jee-Woon
2012-12 - Well Go USA, Inc
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Trouble with the Curve Trouble with the Curve
By Lorenz, Robert
2012-12 - Warner Home Video
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Love's Christmas Journey Love's Christmas Journey
By Sr, David S. Cass
Illustrator Various
2012-10 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Hermano Hermano
By Rasquin, Marcel
2012-12 - Southport Music Box Corpo
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The Greatest Miracle The Greatest Miracle
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10 Years 10 Years
By Linden, Jamie
2012-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132558493 Check Our Catalog In this ensemble comedy, 10 Years follows a group of friends on the night of their high school reunion that, a decade later, they still haven't quite grown up. …More

 

Butter Butter
By Smith, Jim Field
Director Burrell, Ty Field
2012-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
0013132322896 Check Our Catalog A tale of competition at its most cut-throat, BUTTER surveys the raw ambition of Laura Pickler (Jennifer Garner), the wife of Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell), Iowa's long-reigning champion butter carver. For 15 years, Laura has relished her high-profile role as the beautiful, loyal helpmate to her affable, artistically gifted husband. But when Bob is pressured to retire and allow someone else a chance at glory, an indignant Laura decides to enter the competition herself. …More

Elf-Man Elf-Man
By Acuna, Jason Wee-Man
2012-12 - Tcfhe/Anchor Bay/Starz
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Quick Flicks for the week of December 10, 2012

Ted
Ted
By MacFarlane, Seth
2012-12 - Universal Home Video
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In this live action/CG-animated comedy, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish... and has refused to leave his side ever since. …More




Ice Age: Continental Drift
Ice Age: Continental Drift
By Martino, Steve
Director Thurmeier, Mike
Director Romano, Ray
2012-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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Scrat's nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he's been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences -- a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home. …More




Kill 'em All
Kill 'em All
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2012-12 - Well Go USA, Inc
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Why Stop Now
Why Stop Now
By Nyswaner, Phil Dorling Ron
Director Dorling, Phil
Director Nyswaner, Ron
2012-12 - MPI Home Video
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WHY STOP NOW brings together the comic talents of Academy Award-nominee Jesse Eisenberg, Academy Award-winner Melissa Leo and Tracy Morgan in the summer's wildest comedy. Eli (Eisenberg) is a piano prodigy. Today is the audition that will determine his future-- will he launch a career and take off into the world? Or will he stay stuck, caring for his sister and mother (Leo) who, despite her cheerful, loving disposition, is a drug addict. The only obstacle to a seamless transition into his future is dropping off Mom off at the center where she will enter rehab, but a glitch in the system forces sends them off to enlist the help of an unlikely ally, her drug dealer Sprinkles (Morgan). The day spirals downhill quickly, and the hapless team must collaborate every step of the way to battle their own demons and get Eli out of the rabbit hole. …More




The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy
By Gilroy, Tony
2012-12 - Universal Home Video
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The Bourne Legacy pulls back the curtain on a government secret even darker than Jason Bourne. When Bourne exposes Operation Treadstone at the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, he sparks a bonfire that threatens to burn down decades of research and development into the building of better spies and warriors. In The Bourne Legacy, audiences discover that there are actually a variety of covert intelligence programs - all of which now feel the threat of exposure. On the verge of having their conspiracy revealed, members of the government's intelligence community will stop at nothing to erase all evidence of their top secret programs. With his life in jeopardy, agent Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) must use his genetically-engineered skills to survive the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse and finish what Jason Bourne started. …More

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Quick Flick New Releases for the week of December 4, 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild
By Zeitlin, Benh
2012-12 - Twentieth Century-Fox
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In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the world by a sprawling levee, six year-old Hushpuppy exists on the brink of orphanhood. Her mother long gone, and her father Wink a wildman on a perpetual spree, Hushpuppy is left to her own devices on an isolated compound filled with semi-feral animals. She perceives the natural world to be a fragile web of living, breathing, squirting things, in which the entire universe depends on everything fitting together just right. So when a hundred year storm raises the waters around her town, her daddy is suddenly stricken with illness, and fierce pre-historic creatures awaken from their frozen graves to come charging across the planet, Hushpuppy sees the natural order of everything she holds dear collapsing around her. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive an unstoppable catastrophe of epic proportions. …More



Hope Springs
Hope Springs
By Frankel, David
2012-12 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple's specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough - the real challenge for both of them comes as they shed their bedroom hang-ups and try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place. …More



Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3
By Sonnenfeld, Barry
Director Jones, Tommy Lee
2012-11 - Sony Pictures Home Ent
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In Men in Black Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back... in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind. …More



The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
By Hedges, Peter
2012-12 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Academy Award-nominated director/writer Peter Hedges brings enchantment to the screen with "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can't wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim--and their small town of Stanleyville--learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts. …More



Hirokin: The Last Samurai
Hirokin: The Last Samurai
By Mo-Sun, Alejo
2012-11 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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AI Weiwei: Never Sorry
AI Weiwei: Never Sorry
By Klayman, Alison
Director Gao, Ying
2012-12 - MPI Home Video
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This is a documentary that chronicles artist and activist Ai Weiwei as he prepares for a series of exhibitions and gets into an increasing number of clashes with the Chinese government. …More



The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises
By Nolan, Christopher
2012-12 - Warner Home Video
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It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane. …More



Iron Sky
Iron Sky
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Last Ounce of Courage
Last Ounce of Courage
By McAfee, Kevin
2012-12 - Veritas Entertainment
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A small-town war hero is heartbroken when his own son Tom loses his life defending America. Tom left behind a son of his own named Christian, and 14 years later, the young boy and his mother move back to the small town to be with their family for the holidays. Christian disconnects with his grandfather Bob, as they both are going through the pain of losing a dad and losing a son. …More



Deitrick Haddon's a Beautiful Soul
Deitrick Haddon's a Beautiful Soul
By Stephens, Andre
2012-05 - Wea-Des Moines Video
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Bedevilled
Hae-won is a middle-rank officer working in a Seoul bank. She is being brought down by the work-related stress she finds herself in. Desperate, she takes up an offer from a long-forgotten friend and takes off for Mundo. She is warmly welcomed by Bok-nam, her best friend. Bok-nam is literally chained to a hideous marriage with Man-jong, a rattlesnake-like wife-beater, and being sexually abused by his cretinous brother. When Bok-nam tries to escape the island the situation becomes truly dire.

Wu Dang
There is a rumor: secret treasures hide in Wu Dang mountain. In the early days of Republican China, an American man - greedy for gold and hungry for riches - brings his daughter, a prodigy in martial arts, to compete for a championship title in kung fu combat, while planning to find and steal the riches for himself.

Hannah's Law
Hannah keeps the law in Dodge City, Kansas with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.

The Whisperer in Darkness
Based on the 1931 novella by H. P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness" begins with Henry Akeley (Barry Lynch), a farmer secluded in the woods of Vermont who discovers strange footprints around his home and begins to suspect a race of space aliens invading Earth. He contacts Professor Albert Wilmarth (Matt Foyer) who begins the investigation.